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Afternoons for Thursday 12 November 2009
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The best song ever written
1:10 PM.Hamish Rennie of Christchurch chooses 'Aqualung' by Jethro Tull. Audio
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Your place
1:20 PM.We visit Tapanui, a West Otago township tucked neatly between the Blue Mountains and the Pomahaka River. It's on the border with Southland, just 30 kilometres up state highway 90 from Gore. Audio
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Kiwis out
2:10 PM.An Aussie politician is calling for an end to the open door migration policy for Kiwis, claiming it's making it impossible for Australia to control its numbers and maintain quality of life. Audio
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Southern Cross
2:20 PM.The board of health insurer Southern Cross is being accused of bias after endorsing three of the four candidates standing for election, on ballot papers. Audio
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Feature album
2:50 PM.Our feature album is hot off the press - 72-year-old Shirley Bassey's long awaited new studio album 'The Performance'. It's Dame Shirley's first full-scale studio album of new material in two decades… Read more Audio
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Arts report
3:10 PM.Lynn Freeman chats with the talented offspring of some of our most celebrated creative minds. We end up at the theatre, and also hear about the power and influence of words on our young. Audio
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Christchurch story with Katy Gosset
3:30 PM.Christchurch is in the midst of Cup Week, and we meet a man who's been a regular fixture at the key races for the last 80 years. Norm Bennison is 100 years old but still seldom misses the New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Science story
3:47 PM.When a wafer of silicon is slowly heated under high vacuum conditions, the structure of the silicon changes and tiny nanowhiskers are formed. The tips of these nanowhiskers are sharp, and can be made… Read more Audio
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The Panel (part 1)
4:10 PM.With Penny Ashton and Bomber Bradbury. Audio
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The Panel (part 2)
4:40 PM.With Penny Ashton and Bomber Bradbury. Audio